“Our intent with the TTK changes was to see if we could evolve the Battlefield V experience and make it more enjoyable for new players, whilst also making sure the Battlefield vets have a choice with a more ‘core’ experience suiting their preferred play-style,” wrote DICE.

“Clearly we didn’t get it right. Veteran players didn’t ask for the change, but as game developers, we took it upon ourselves to make those changes based on extensive data and deliberation. It truthfully wasn’t an easy decision for us.”

This has been a learning experience for the team, however, as it particularly highlighted other problems around the time to death experience like damage stacking and how subtle damage indicators can be in some cases, all of which are now given more attention.

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With that in mind, the developer admitted it has struggled for a long time to onboard new players onto the series. This TTK experiment is seen as a step towards making the game more accessible to new players without sacrificing the core players who have stuck around for years.

This should hopefully get veteran players back into the game, as there’s a new Tides of War mission kicking off this week. Finishing the mission will unlock the Selbstlader 1906 self-loading rifle.

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